{"id":181716,"date":"2025-10-01T04:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/181716\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T04:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T04:39:08","slug":"aung-la-n-sang-predicts-finish-in-retirement-fight-against-zebaztian-kadestam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/181716\/","title":{"rendered":"Aung La N Sang predicts finish in retirement fight against Zebaztian Kadestam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Legacy demands proper closure, and Myanmar icon Aung La N Sang refuses to exit quietly against former welterweight kingpin Zebaztian Kadestam. Their friendship makes this farewell meaningful, but sentiment won\u2019t soften punches.<\/p>\n<p>He faces Kadestam in middleweight MMA at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onefc.com\/events\/onefightnight36\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ONE Fight Night 36: Prajanchai vs. Di Bella II on Prime Video<\/a> on Friday, October 3, inside Bangkok, Thailand\u2019s Lumpinee Stadium. The 40-year-old \u201cBurmese Python\u201d closes two decades of competition against the 35-year-old Swede making his middleweight debut.<\/p>\n<p>Their friendship blossomed in 2019 when both held ONE Championship gold simultaneously. Aung La N Sang captured middleweight and light heavyweight titles while becoming Myanmar\u2019s first sports world champion. Kadestam dominated welterweight with devastating knockouts, including his recent spectacular TKO of two-division KSW Champion Roberto Soldic.<\/p>\n<p>The Myanmar legend embraces fighting a friend who shares his stand-and-bang mentality. Both fighters understand retirements deserve memorable endings rather than cautious point-fighting. Their combined 93 percent finishing rates guarantee fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a good guy. I really like him, and I know he\u2019s very good. And it will be a fun fight for the fans, right? We\u2019re gonna bang, and we\u2019re gonna put on a show,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, he\u2019s gotta take care of him and his family, and I gotta take care of me and my family as well. And the fans are in for a treat because neither one of us is gonna back down.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Aung La N Sang analyzes Zebaztian Kadestam\u2019s complete arsenal<\/p>\n<p>Aung La N Sang <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/aung-la-n-sang\/aung-la-n-sang-accepts-career-conclusion-with-pride-im-at-peace-with-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">accepts his retirement decision<\/a> while recognizing Kadestam\u2019s dangerous skills. The Swede translates Muay Thai expertise into mixed martial arts brilliance through crisp combinations and disciplined defense.<\/p>\n<p>Kadestam trains with Alexander Gustafsson at Legacy Gym, preparing for naturally bigger opponents. But Aung La N Sang expects his size advantage to matter when leather connects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gonna hit a lot harder than a welterweight, that\u2019s for sure. My bones are harder than a welterweight. But at the same time, we\u2019ve talked before and he gets heavier than me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s good everywhere. His defense is good. His offense [is good], he can do everything. Maybe his grappling is his weakness. But I\u2019m not grappling, so \u2026 we\u2019re gonna have a show on our hands.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legacy demands proper closure, and Myanmar icon Aung La N Sang refuses to exit quietly against former welterweight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[78897,49,48,641,638,1865,59031,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-181716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-aung-la-n-sang","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-one-championship","14":"tag-one-fight-night-36","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}